Welcome home parade in Sydney for the AIF's 9th Division, April 2, 1943.
Welcome home for the AIF’s 9th Division, April 1943.
Early in World War 2, Australia wholeheartedly committed the bulk of its fighting forces to help England against Germany. Many people probably saw the war as a re-run of The Great War, and expected most of the action to occur in Europe. Some feared Japanese aggression, noting that Japan had already been at war in China for some years before Germany made its move in 1939, and that the Japanese had been conducting reconnaissance in the Pacific for some time. But it was generally accepted that the British Empire would always be more than a match…
